With a federal election coming up sometime soon and the Conservative leadership convention a few weeks away, most Canadians don’t follow coverage too closely, we’re busy and disallusioned.
If you are tired of negative ads, and the usual columns, here are some pundit bloggers that might capture your interest. Being blogs their readable style may help contribute to your decisions about the upcoming political events. They’ll certainly make you think.

Colby Cosh: a western and acerbic blogger, now with the Nat Post
Andrew Coyne: a NatPost columnist who actually posts on his blog
Warren Kinsella: a former liberal insider who may be packing it in
BlogsCanada e-group blog: pundit bloggers from all over Canada
Paul Wells: Inkless Wells (not a blog but a well informed-ahead of the curve-writer) from MacLeans mag.
Dispatches: Jackson Murphy blends his Canadian living with his American roots.

A couple of the blogs have comment sections.
They all have email.
I’ve missed some good ones, especially from Quebec. Je ne lis pas le français.
There is a different feel to Canadian pundit blogs that is very similar to Australian and British pundit blogs. The vitrol seen in US pundit posts and comments doesn’t seem to be key style here. That could change as elections get closer.
Feel free to add a missed good Canuck pundit blog in the comments below.

The Revealer
Jeff Shalet of Killing the Buddha and co-author of the acclaimed book The Heretics Bible has a lot to say along with his talented collegues at The Revealer about religion, the media and religious journalism.
It’s an outstanding blog with room for your comments and input.
This header caught my eye because I realized it was true.
I’ve often been asked what journalism and my fellow journalists are like. I tend to give the short answer; frustrated idealists. But I think the statement below speaks more clearly.

Great journalism requires both skepticism and empathy. So how does a believer — or an atheist — write about belief? Theories, frustrations, bright ideas, examples, and fatwas welcome here.

The Revealer primarily addresses religion and the press in the US, but there is a lot of information on this blog that applies outside it’s borders.

Carnival of the Canucks
Blogs Canada is looking for an Nunavut blogger for the Carnival of the Canucks. Ponder this from the NWT and Rebecca Writes from the Yukon might want to submit a post to the Carnival.:^)

Canadian God-blogs
Looking for Canadian god-blogs?
The List has them, and it keeps growing.
Two Canadian blogs, Bene Diction Blogs On and Mikao’s World have and are contributing to key surveys on the god-blog sub-division of the blogosphere.
Canada’s two top news portals, Bourque and NealeNews check out some of us god-bloggers daily and have been kind enough to list us.
Who Links Who is a Canadian service that lists over 900 god-blogs and how they link to each other.
The CBC has sought out Canadian god-bloggers for it’s Inside Media program.

International
I mentioned recently that international god-blogs are doing well, their growth has been slow, steady and solid as they continue to provide excellent content.
In the Philippines they’ve been consistently nominated in The Philippine Blog Awards.
The Wibsite in the UK along with Quantum Tea has done a great job of featuring top god-blogs.
BlogsCanada has graciously added god-blogs in it’s top blog section.
Australian god-blogs have been written up in The New York Times and The Australian national press.
The BBC has noticed a couple of UK god-blogs, along with a Welsh paper highlighting connexions.
New Zealand’s Cre8d has been featured on key web-design sites from all over the world. Cre8d has also been interviewed for NZ radio and major magazines.
Asian god-blogs have received good mentions in their countries and award sites. Christianity Today has mentioned international blogs in it’s weblog print column.
World Magazine has focused on US blogs in it’s blog watch, and it’s in-house World blog.
Gospelcom’s Internet for Christians occasionally notices US blogs.
Hopefully international and missionary blogs will catch World’s and IfC’s attention soon.
And those are just the english written god-blogs.
I wonder how god-blogs are doing in Europe, Scandanavia and other non-english speaking countries? I know they are finding each other.
Kudos to the media and these award sites for recognizing the quality and contributions of god-blogs, and thanks, eh?

I’d be pleased if a US blogger could provide a similar post. I’d be happy to link. I haven’t compiled one because I know I’d miss to many.

And all god-bloggers, I would like to encourage you to check out this list of portals to register with.